Author(s)

Daisuke Usuda^1,2, Ryusho Sangen¹, Yoshifumi Iwata¹, Tsugiyasu Kanda^1*

¹Department of Community Medicine, Kanazawa Medical University Himi Municipal Hospital, Himi, Japan.
²Department of Infectious Diseases, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Japan.

The interstitial pneumonia (IP) associated with myeloperoxidase anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (MPO-ANCA) showed characteristic histology dominated by usual IP pattern. We showed a 94-year-old woman, whose prognosis was poor by severity of IP by MPO-ANCA associated vasculitis. The median age at diagnosis of IP by MPO-ANCA associated vasculitis was over 60 years, with a male predominance. Most patients died related to respiratory insufficiency. Our case would be the oldest patient in IP by MPO-ANCA associated vasculitis in the literature.

Interstitial Pneumonia, MPO-ANCA, Woman, Oldest

Usuda, D. , Sangen, R. , Iwata, Y. and Kanda, T. (2016) Interstitial Pneumonia in a 94-Year-Old Woman with MPO-ANCA Positive Vasculitis. Case Reports in Clinical Medicine, 5, 61-65. doi: 10.4236/crcm.2016.52011.